Three arrested for fraud

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Three suspects who tried to defraud a person by selling a parcel of gilded metal pieces as pure gold for Rs 700,000, were arrested by the Dambulla Police following a tip-off.

Police said there were 1,140 metal pieces in the parcel. The suspects are residents of Senapura.

They were to be produced before the Dambulla magistrate yesterday. Meanwhile, a suspect was arrested by Akuressa Police with an unlicensed foreign made 12 bore shot gun in his possession at Diganahena on Sunday. He was produced before the Morawaka magistrate's court yesterday.